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As you know I really like Taylor Swift. I have a couple of posts about her you can find here and here. I love the February Vogue spread of her goovin' as a 70's rocker! The 70's were, after all, my heyday :o) You can read the story and see the full layout on vogue.com/magazine/article/taylor-swift-the-single-life. Be sure and check out the spring fashions while you are there.
You most certainly will want to check out the blogger post from Frills and Thrills. Sam has done all the work for us. She has showcased the Vogue photos with model photos and information on what Taylor is wearing so you can have the look for yourself. She is awesome! You'll definitely want to add her to your blog list.﻿

With Valentine's Day on the way and love in the air I decided to showcase "Love Story" as my video choice. Enjoy ♥﻿

♥ Beachbum: Levi's
I'm back from Florida and I had such a great time! I spent the week with my mom, my cousin and my 3 aunts. We spent time telling stories of days gone by (no wonder I'm so crazy, those gals are nuts ♥), playing cards (me and my aunt Claudia are the champs, no denying unless you talk to the others..lol), eating, drinking and shopping. It was pretty laid back and felt weird getting up and having absolutely nothing I had to do. It was sweet!
The weather stayed in the lower 60's so it was not warm enough﻿ to lay in the sun so we had to settle for a long walk on the beach which was wonderful in itself so I am not complaining. The white beach was so beautiful! I had a great time strolling on the beach with my aunt Joyce who actually believed me when I said the water wasn't cold :o)
This is where we stayed...

Seeings as how I am in warm weather for the week I thought a nice summery video was the order of the day and I simply adore all the dresses the ladies are wearing. Even the fellows have their clothes groove on. Cute song too, just fabulous! Although I do feel sorry for the poor girl on the steps she should count herself lucky. The others just look way too happy for comfort and that's kind of creepy. Sort of a Stepford Wives in Pleasantville vibe. She should stop crying and run as fast as she can :o)
Enjoy ♥

One of my favorite shows of the fall season is Once Upon A Time. It is a drama on ABC on Sunday evenings at 8:00. The story is a twist on fairytales complete with the Evil Queen, Snow White and Prince Charming with Rumpelstiltskin often stealing the show and scaring the crap out of everyone including the Evil Queen who is now the town's mayor. To begin the story, the Evil Queen launches a curse on everyone, including herself, wherein all the characters of your favorite fairytale are frozen in time in modern day existence with no hope of a happy ending. Of course, no one in the town remembers who they really are but it's only a matter of time after a small boy discovers a book of fairytales which he believes tells the true stories of all the people in the sleepy town of Storybrooke, Maine. He knows to unlock the truth he must find the key to everything which is his birth mother (the daughter of Snow White and Prince Charming). As she arrives the town clock begins to tick tock …

We have been having some beautiful weather here in the heart of the midwest. It has me dreaming of flowers instead of wondering how I'm going to get home in the snow which is normal for this time of year but we've only had one dusting so far. It doesn't feel like January but after the last couple of years a mild winter is welcome. I've been waiting for a nice snow to take some pics of my new coat but I'm happy to keep on waiting.
This picture was taken where I saw the UFO awhile back. I still can't figure out what that was but haven't seen anything strange in this area lately, only this lovely sunset. Keeping my eyes open, just hope I don't run into anything which has more eyes than I do. ♥
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For a Christmas present I made the girls a picture album of our trip to see Taylor Swift last spring and I thought I would share a few pics and a little of our story. After hours of working on pictures I was relieved the photo albums came out so well and that the girls were thrilled with them. I mixed my pictures along with pictures I came across online. Some of mine were a bit fuzzy since they were taken with my old camera but mixed in with ones that looked like I had taken them only better it worked out perfectly. The ones here in the post are some of mine. I have so many more but it's hard to choose. I used Snapfish to do the photo books. I am always pleased with their product. You can store pictures, make albums, get prints, photo trinkets and anything you need. I highly recommend it. They are fast, reasonable and have some great sales.
Anyway to get to the story, the morning tickets went on sale for Taylor Swift I got an email from one of my favorite venues that said I co…

I'm Darlene. Welcome to my blog. Here you'll find some of my personal stories, some cool music videos, some pretty photos and some random tidbits, along with lots of pictures of my puppy dog. I love music, scary stories, crocheting, photography, flower gardening, long drives in the country with the stereo blasting and laughing until I cry. In an effort to dress better I stumbled upon the blogging community and decided what better way to showcase my effort, meet new people, learn lots of great new things and save my memories. I love it!